As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain wicked fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we can have sex with him!”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. That is, and so forth An interpretation of the Vulg. Belial is sometimes rendered “devilish, apostate,” and so forth Septuagint “lawless, or transgressors.” Menochius.—Aquila, “rebels.” Sym. “libertines,” without education or restraint. Calmet.—Josephus lays the blame on some young men, who had been captivated with the charms of the Levite’s wife, whom they had seen in the street. But they seem to have had designs still more criminal, though they were prevailed upon to desist, when she was abandoned to them. Bible.—The demanded the Levite himself. Calmet.